20 articles - From Friday Feb 20 2026 to Friday Feb 27 2026
Guidelines and related publications, position statements, white papers, technical reviews, consensus statements, etc…
meta-analyses and systematic reviews
RCT, clinical trials, retrospective studies, etc…
| Am J Clin Nutr |
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| A Clinical Study Examining the Effects of Dietary Nitrate on Urinary N-Nitrosamines.
These findings suggest that a 5-week dietary intake of nitrate mostly exceeding the current consensus for upper limit of the acceptable daily intake (3.7 mg/kg/day), whether provided as a vegetable source or as a nitrate salt, does not increase urinary excretion of N-nitrosamines. Clinical trial registry number NCT02916615 clinicaltrials.gov. |
| Adherence to the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet during Pregnancy and Associations with Preterm Birth and Infant Size: a prospective analysis from the New Hampshire Birth Cohort.
Originally proposed for chronic disease prevention and planetary sustainability, higher adherence to the PHD during pregnancy may also benefit birth outcomes, particularly lower odds of preterm birth. |
| Diet-Based Weight Loss Intervention is Not Associated with Meaningful Change in Lean Soft Tissue.
DLK1, an inhibitor of adipogenesis, emerged as the top protein biomarker linked to LST retention. NCT01826591. |
| Inflamm Bowel Dis |
| Bowel urgency in inflammatory bowel disease: A concept analysis.
Bowel urgency is a multidimensional clinical construct with physiological, psychological, and behavioral components. Its systematic assessment should become a routine element of IBD care and a standardized endpoint in clinical trials. Developing and validating a multidimensional, IBD-specific urgency measure would bridge symptom monitoring and patient-centered outcomes. |
| Clinical characteristics of isolated perianal Crohn's disease and validation of the TOpClass criteria: a retrospective cohort pilot study.
ipCD represents a distinct phenotype with advanced fistula complexity and limited response to biologics. Younger age, anal stenosis, and more advanced fistula characteristics favor ipCD over CGD. Applying TOpClass criteria showed high specificity but moderate sensitivity; incorporating additional fistula features may improve sensitivity. |
| Comparing diagnostic accuracy of transperineal ultrasound using microconvex probe versus conventional linear probe to predict rectal histoendoscopic activity in ulcerative colitis: a paired prospective, head-to-head comparative study.
TPUS provides clinically relevant, noninvasive assessment of rectal inflammation in UC. While microconvex TPUS offers technical advantages-particularly axial-plane assessment of posterior wall thickness with favorable diagnostic trends-no single probe demonstrated uniform superiority. These findings highlight the complementary roles of linear and microconvex probes and support ongoing standardization of TPUS. |
| Liver Transpl |
| Pulmonary function test parameters prior to liver transplantation predict post-transplant survival and respiratory-related death.
A lower FEV1 z-score was independently associated with poorer post-LT overall survival, and lower DLCO SB z-score associated with respiratory cause of death post-LT, supporting the routine use of PFTs in pre-liver transplant assessment. |
| Pancreatology |
| Location Matters in IPMN: Clinicopathological differences, malignancy risk and oncological outcomes for lesions located in head vs body and tail of the pancreas.
body/tail). Malignancy was present in 54% (n = 259) of patients with ventral IPMN and in 39% (n = 107) of those with dorsal lesions (p 5 mm in IPMNs of the dorsal pancreas is associated with a substantial risk of malignancy. |
Plenty of the editorials are available as full text through the publisher website using the provided link
| J Crohns Colitis |
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| Attaining sustainability in inflammatory bowel disease.
We further highlight strategies to reduce harm while preserving-and potentially enhancing-patient outcomes. A clear understanding of sustainable IBD care is what enables the transition from fragmented efforts to coordinated, evidence-based strategies that can support both patient care and planetary health. |
| Equitable access to inflammatory bowel disease care: challenges, strategies, and future directions.
Global partnerships are needed to build capacity where it is lacking. Achieving equitable access to IBD care will require coordinated action between clinicians, policy-makers, patients, and industry to ensure sustainable, patient-centered, and inclusive care worldwide. |
| Holistic care in inflammatory bowel disease: is it in REACH?
Additionally, digital health technologies have provided diagnostic and therapeutic insights into advancing IBD care, enhancing the delivery of longitudinal, patient-centered care. To improve long-term outcomes and enhance quality of life for individuals with IBD, clinicians and healthcare systems must prioritize the development and integration of holistic, multidisciplinary care models into routine practice. |
| REACH: C-cause.
Efforts to elucidate these integrated pathways have underscored the importance of both intrinsic host factors and extrinsic environmental triggers in IBD pathogenesis. Despite this, a better understanding of disease mechanisms is still needed, and will be essential to developing better therapies that can target relevant axes of the disease process and restore immune balance, facilitate tissue repair, and induce lasting remission. |
| Rapid diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.
Several recent studies have addressed the role of early diagnosis and early treatment, including differences to consider between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. In this review we summarize the important insights obtained and highlight how outcomes for patients can be improved with a focus on timely diagnosis and timely, effective treatment interventions. |
misc publications eg case reports, tools of the trade, images of the month, etc…
| Inflamm Bowel Dis |
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| The long game in ulcerative colitis: mirikizumab's four-year outcomes. |
| J Crohns Colitis |
| REACHing forward-a strategic vision for ECCO and the future of IBD care. |
| Liver Transpl |
| Letter to the Editor: Minimizing arterial injury and confirming arterial flow during normothermic machine perfusion. |
| Letter to the editor: Beyond the TIPS paradox-Balancing the mitigation of post-transplant complications with potentially increased waiting-list morbidity. |
| Pancreatology |
| Prospective long-term assessment of pulmonary impairment in chronic pancreatitis: A comparative study with healthy controls (RespPanc). |
| Sarcopenia in chronic pancreatitis is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. A propensity-score matched population-based study. |